The True Purposes Of Life

1. The True
Purposes Of
Life

2. Do I Have A
Meaningful
Life?

3. HOW MUCH
TIME
DO WE HAVE
IN THIS LIFE !?

4. E.g.
We lead an average age of 80 years.
First 10 years Growing Stage.
Last 10 years some of us might have
lost our sense of logic or encounter
physical inability.
Thus, deducting the above 20 years,
 we are left with 60 years.

5. Sleep : Average 8hrs per day
Time spend in sleeping out of 60 years
8hrs x 365days x 60 yrs
365days x 24hrs
20 years
Now left with 40 years !!

6. Study/Work : Average 40hrs per week
Time spend in study/work out of 60 years
40hrs x 52weeks x 60 yrs
365days x 24hrs
14 years
Now left with 26 years !!

7. Eating/Cooking/Showering : Average 3hrs per day
Time spend in eating/cooking out of 60 years
3hrs x 365days x 60 yrs
365days x 24hrs
7.5 years
Now left with 18.5 years !!

9. What is Life
&
Death?

11. 3. 8 Kinds of Sufferings In Life
Taught By Sakyamuni Buddha
a) Birth
b) Ageing
c) Sickness
d) Death
e) Inability to Obtain The Desired
f) Parting With Those Loved
g) Meeting With Those Disliked
h) The Five Aggregates Sufferings

12. 1. Birth
2. Aging

13. 3. Sickness
4. Death

14. 4. Death
Saints understand the meaning of life and
death, hence are able to face it in the most
tranquil and accepting way. Death can
also be determined by our deeds in life.
E.g Smoking and drug taking.

15. 5. Inability to
Obtain The
Desired

16. 6. Parting With
Those Loved

17. 7. Meeting With
Those Disliked

18. 8. The Five Aggregates
Sufferings
I. Forms
II. Attached Feelings
III.Perceptions
IV.Action
V. Consciousness

19. Beware
of your thoughts for it can lead to desires
Beware
of your desires for it can lead to actions
Beware
of your actions for it can lead to habits
Beware
of your habits for it will become your character
Beware
of your character for it will become your destiny

20. Different Values Of Life
1) Life Of A Commoner
2) Life Of A Sinner
3) Life Of A Saint

21. THANK
YOU